
Quantum Systems Says CIA-Backed Fund Opened Its US Doors
Co-CEO Sven Kruck says In-Q-Tel and other US investors opened Washington doors, helping the German drone maker land CIA and FBI work.
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Co-CEO Sven Kruck says In-Q-Tel and other US investors opened Washington doors, helping the German drone maker land CIA and FBI work.

Quantum Systems gave its Vector reconnaissance drone a yellow fuselage that blends into Ukraine's dry summer fields and a rear-facing thermal camera whose AI dodges FPV interceptors without waiting for the operator. Both ideas were published by nature first.

The European Commission has formally launched the EU-Ukraine Drone Alliance, pairing nine EU companies with nine Ukrainian manufacturers behind a joint drone and counter-drone production push targeting the end of 2026. The move turns months of bilateral defense-industrial deals into formal EU policy and puts companies like Quantum Systems and Vyriy on the founding board.

Quantum Systems says its Apex Recordhunter experimental aircraft reached 699 km/h in June testing, a number that would blow past today’s electric-aircraft benchmark if it clears FAI certification, while feeding future interceptor-drone development.
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